Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down120
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareThe word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoIt was just kind of a trend in the twenties to add the suffix “ie” to anything when something new was invented
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoWe’re not much better, we’ve had tends for -r and -io. Movr, movios.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoDon’t forget dropping the last vowel! I wonder what they spend their vowel savings on…
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSaving them up for a later trend probably. Moviesie.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIs it wrong that I kind of like that one?
It was just kind of a trend in the twenties to add the suffix “ie” to anything when something new was invented
We’re not much better, we’ve had tends for -r and -io.
Movr, movios.
Don’t forget dropping the last vowel! I wonder what they spend their vowel savings on…
Saving them up for a later trend probably. Moviesie.
Moviiiiis?
Is it wrong that I kind of like that one?
Other examples?